The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1887-04-03

several families Of less familiarity 10
fame, but who are far moro carefully
adverse to the gf &c OF multitudes, have
changed their minds about resorting
TO Tuxedo, with Its rapid life, auda
cious sports and general showinese. At
ell events, there Is to be q club like
system this year Of voting on new
memberships, and sir gle black ball
cast IN q committee OF ten, will mean
that the candidate isn't good enough
for Tuxedo.
IL don't imagine women are greatly
interested in high license" said a
p!ejudiced observer. "She muet be
noodle who believes stop can be put
TO q m ans driLk, and the wise ones
know that the b, West and most
disastrous drinking is done ia the
drug stores. II every cabinet deco
Ia'ed, s'ained glass whisky mill 10
New York was fhut up, tbs injury
done by alcoholic liquors would be
ten times as great. Men would pa'rtn
ize the apoth ecary, and under cover Of
the medical cloak, fill DRUM ards
z aves." Some Of he intense temper
ance peop'e are holding meetings and
trying TO discover a new Cough. They
thought they h ID found him in pale,
intellectual young man, who arose in
an uptown church. He was a tad
eyed, meek chap, with clear, full
voice, and he began by saying that he
felt impelled 10 relate his experience.
For years he had besn the slave
OF ihs bottle-ior years he had
been under it's thrsll. He ep:ke
almost with tears OF his complete
prostratioD. His mothers prayers
had risen countless times from beside
bed " here he lay utterly incapable
OF speech or motion. His auditors
wept. He described his gradual es-
cape from the bottle-how his man.
hood asserted iteelf. He BURT the
bonds that bound him 10 the terrible
bottle. The audience gave vent t.
great rel oicing. After a glowing pero-
ration, the speaker sat down, and the
sisters pressed up aud shook him by
the hand, while the elders glowed
with enthusiasm. But even while the
excitement OF this thrilling speech
wss upon them. the psllid man rose
and said he might as well ment l
that the reign Of the bottle was during
his first year Of life, and 1t was always
filed with milk. Temperance meet
irgs don't like sells, aud the meek
speaker YVES hustled out in hurry,
while the congregation were requested
to eng Sparkling ard Blight in
liquid Light is the Water in Our
Glasses"
Stories OF actor worship by sepseless
New York girls are not go numerous
nowadays as they were few years
ago. PeIha 9 that is because the
proper material Is less abundant. But
there is great deal OF idiotic female
alteration running to Wasta over Kyrle
Bsllew, OF Wallack's, and its extent
wou d hardly be believed by people
who have become incredulous Of this
sort of gossip. Bellew is far from
handsome, and yet this is the actual
form of a silly young girls order for
seats at Wallack's box Office recently:
"Are you quite sure Ker-ley Bell-you
will sct next Saturday afternoon II
Well, you may give me two seats, and
| positively WON'T take them unless
they are down near the boxes. because
| always havs bunch OF flowers to
throw at his fset, and l think he Is
Just lovely /" The words were over
heard by me. and trey are not In the
least distoI. Il. TIE = jeton Museum
is, so am told, th1 Wa'lack's OF the
Hub in this strangs respect. Its matt
nees have always been attended largo
ly by girls. Years ago that handsome
blonde, Charles A. Stevenson, was their
id al, aud there was some excuse for
them, because his insouciant bearing
was an artistic study. After he went
away, married Kate Claxton and be.
came poIty, he was succeeded in the
Boston girls heart by Jack Mason, a
good looking young mao, whose
drawing elOcution and generally tire
movements were accepted as artistic
by tho Bos CA fair sex, and he was
thoroughly adored, II he seemed
sleepy on tic sage occasionally,
romance was added TO his
personality, and when he end Sadie
Martinez began to play sentimental
roles with a great deal of genuine fer
vor. the matinee gossipers were wild
with excitement. 1t must have been
q shock to female B ston to know that
Mason had never succeeded in attract
ing similar New York attention,
though he hiss bad good opporluni-
tics. Joseph HawoIth was at the
Museum with Mason, and for time
lie, 100, was in high feminine favor.
But he got to doing earnest and Wig.
orcus work, and he soon ceaeed to be
ladies' actor. CLARA BELLE.